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The quest for cleaner air

Envirotec Magazine

Diverse compounds are emitted by everything from motor vehicles to power plants, and include both greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants – which are known to fuel global warming – as well as a host of volatile organic compounds that can lead to short- and long-term health problems in humans.

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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too

Envirotec Magazine

C present-day global warming relative to pre-industrial times. The study finds that as much as five times more methane is being emitted from oil and gas production in the UK than what the government has reported. Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, contributing about 0.55°C

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Carbon Dioxide Equivalent – Applications for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Business Bureau

Each of these gases remains in the atmosphere for different lengths of time, contributes differently to the greenhouse effect, and has a different global warming potential (GWP). Without careful consideration, methane emissions would considerably increase and have a potentially greater warming impact. . Global Warming Potential.

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Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year

Grist

“There’s not a whole lot being done about it,” said Rachael Kupka, executive director of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution and one of the report’s coauthors. Still, Kupka said that world governments must do much more to alleviate the burden of pollution on global communities, especially those in the developing world.

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Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on par With Denmark

DeSmogBlog

Some climate groups are urging governments to back “green” hydrogen — the term used for hydrogen produced in an emissions-free but energy-intensive process powered by wind and solar. Methane exerts a greater warming effect in the short term, before it gradually breaks down. And how to ensure such certifications are accurate?

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Geoengineering’s gender problem could put the planet at risk

Grist

research councils and backed by four universities, several government departments, and the private company Marshall Aerospace. government to cancel the trial. Known as the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering, or Spice, project, it was run by three U.K. Within months, the project was dead.

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UN: Slashing methane emissions 'one of the best ways' to curb global temperature rise

Business Green

Methane emissions reduction could significantly reduce rates of global warming at a relatively low cost, major research warns. As such, the report emphasises that methane mitigation is "one of the best ways of limiting warming in this and subsequent decades".

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